The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-17
BREAKFAST FOR A NICKEL.
New-boy Jimmy Tells About Cincinnati'=
Bethel.
Cincinnati Times-star.

Bethel.
Cincinnati Times-Star
Say. Mister, want a shine" was
thrown at a reporter on the Public Land
ing early this morning.
The speaker was a ,liminutive little
chap whose stature might be described
as about knee high To ii duck. A dirty
face under Il brimless straw hat, one
suspenier straining and groaning under
lie job OF holding wai5t-high pair of
breeches several sizes too large for either
suspenders or boy; a shirt the original
color of which was lost long ago, and "A
pair of feet innocent of shoes, corns or
soap. the whole supporting a bootblack's
outfit, was whence emanated the query.
To tell the truth the scribes thoughts
at that moment were not concentrated on
the idea of a shine, but they were rather
engaged in trying to dissect the odor
which very much like millionaire cheese
about to make its will. fioated with the.
atmosphere. Hence, the boy. like the
odOr was in danger of being left, when
Say, mister | want to make a nickel to
get breakfast. I'll shine 'em up for a
nickel, mister"
Breakfast for a nickel was an ilea.
So for an item as much as anything else
the reportorial shoulder blades were soon
wiping the dust from a telegraph post
while the newsboy was engaged in "A
similar way on the patent leather which
had done duty ON the broadside of a boz
vine sire for several seasons. With the
prodigality possible only to his profess
sion the buster for the telegraph pole has
paid as much fifteen cents for break
fast. but a breakfast for "a nickel was
several steps further than he had at
tanned in the realms of economy.
So while the blacker and blackee
away came the questions:
Say, Johnny, where did YOU get "A
breakfast for a nickel?'
DO you want to ge. one was the
on-committal answer.
Yes, | might want to some time"
''Bethel," came the sententious reply
What do you get for a nickel:'
''kupo koffe, three breads and but
ters.'
DO many newsboys go there"
''Betcherlife they dew"
Cant you get meals at any other
place for "a Nickel
No Stree. The bethel is respec-
able place where ITS clean"
What do you get there for a dime
Piece of meat as big as your foot, one
pertatie, three slices of bread and butter
and sometimes something else"
About a fifteen-cent meal"
Meat, taters, koffee. butter, bread.
pie and puddin' maybe"
DO you go higher than that
Sometimes we go Jersey treat then
two or three of us fellers saves our
money and have spread. Then we
spend twenty cents. We have two
kinds of meat, taters, koffee. bread and
butter. pie and puddin,' two kinds, and
vegetables and soup"
Suppose you have no money!
We'll, us reg'lar bOarders-here he
swelled a Httle-.'we don't have no
trouble, we tell Mr.. Pollard were finan-
shully embarrassed. and stands him oil"
Does he stand:'
You bet he stands. He is a dandy,
he is If some fellow wot haint got no
cash goes there he can pump his break
fast if he up pat the right stuff"
Young man, what do you mean by
pumping and right stuff
Why, work his mouth NV course
and sing a straight story, that'll bring
him every time. I'll tell You mister. if
You re hungry I'll show You where the
Bethel is. It's dandy place. YOU bet.